Night Shift Ironworker Journeyman Structural Steel

Tic Inc; Vicksburg (MS); On-site; USD 30,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

TIC Inc in Vicksburg, MS seeks a Night Shift Ironworker Journeyman to lay out, install, and erect structural steel per blueprints and codes. You will operate tools, weld and bolt components, and ensure proper alignment and safety on a demanding industrial site.

The role requires physical stamina, the ability to work nights, weekends, and overtime, and strict adherence to safety standards. Prior ironwork experience and crane signaling are preferred.

Qualifications

• Must have high school diploma or equivalent, with field experience preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and specs.
• Strong safety mindset and ability to follow instructions.

Responsibilities

• Read blueprints to determine material locations and sizes.
• Fabricate or assemble steel parts per blueprints or supervisor instructions.
• Hoist and position steel units using cranes, signaling operators as needed.
• Verify alignment of steel members with plumb bobs, lasers, or levels.
• Cut, bend, or weld steel pieces using appropriate tools.
• Install hoisting equipment and rigging to move heavy materials.
• Estimate sizes, distances, and quantities for work activities.
• Inspect subordinates' work for compliance and correct issues.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Communication

Safety awareness

Drug test clearance

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Electrical tools

Power tools

Layout tools

Measurement tools

Job description

Night Shift Ironworker Journeyman Structural Steel

Location: Vicksburg, MS, US

Requisition ID:189818

Position Summary

Responsible for the layout, installation, assembly and steel erection components in accordance with blueprint plans, specifications, codes, and industry standards.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties

• Reads specifications or blueprints to determine the locations, quantities, or sizes of material required.
• Fabricates metal parts, such as steel frames, columns, beams, or girders, according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors.
• Unloads and positions prefabricated steel units for hoisting; hoists steel beams, girders, or columns into place, using cranes or signaling hoisting equipment operators to lift and position structural steel members.
• Verifies vertical and horizontal alignment of structural steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, or levels.
• Cuts, bends, or welds steel pieces, using metal shears, torches, or welding equipment.
• Forces structural steel members into final positions, using turnbuckles, crowbars, jacks, or hand tools.
• Pulls, pushes or pries structural steel members into approximate positions for bolting into place.
• Bolts aligned structural-steel members in position for permanent riveting, bolting, or welding into place.
• Assemble hoisting equipment or riggings, such as cables, pulleys, or hooks, to move heavy equipment or materials.
• Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
• Inspect subordinate's work for compliance with the contract plans and specifications, point out deficiencies and explain and take any corrective action needed.

Qualifications

• May require a high school diploma or its equivalent with previous years of experience in the field or in a related area.
• Must possess strong working knowledge skills and abilities for position.
• Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with management/supervision.
• Proficient in the safe and efficient use of electrical, hand tools, power tools and layout tools as well as measurement tools
• Observe and comply with all safety and project rules, perform other duties as required
• Ability to pass pre-access drug, alcohol and fit-for-duty testing, and background check

Requirements

• The person in this position needs to constantly move about a construction/industrial site, so should be able to stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl
• Constantly works in a construction environment and will be exposed to changing outdoor weather conditions
• Work irregular hours, weekends, overtime and holidays as required
• May be required to use ladders/mechanical platforms/manlifts/scaffold to access required equipment/work areas (may exceed 200 feet), so must be able to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders and scaffolds
• Move and work in and around confined and cluttered places, and uneven surfaces
• Must be able to complete tasks in a noisy and dusty environment
• May be required/able to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across construction/industrial site
• Must have all required tools

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

Few contractors can build what TIC builds, the way TIC builds it. We only hire the best — and our family mentality will drive you to continue to be the best

Whether it’s cement for our sidewalks and driveways; aluminum for our automobiles; wood pellets for our grills; paper plates for our picnics; food for our pets or the beverages we consume with our friends, our longstanding work in the industrial market touches the tiny details in our daily lives.